Israeli forces arrest Palestinian ‘doctor of the poor’

Dr Mazen Al-Rantisi, a 71-year-old physician well known for providing care to low-income Palestinians, was arrested in the occupied West Bank

The Guardian
Allied Health Unions Join Forces

On Tuesday June 16th Melbourne city was awash with the Blue of VAHPA and the Red of MSAV. In an historic joint industrial action the Victorian Allied Health Professionals Association and the Medical Scientists Association took to the streets calling on the Victorian Government to pay the public health sector a fair wage comparable to other States in Australia. Stick Together was there

3CR Community Radio
Africa: Merck Foundation, Tata Centre Train Health Workers in Oncology: [Ghanaian Times] Twenty-seven African countries, including Ghana, have benefited from specialised oncology training under a partnership between the Merck Foundation and the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC). http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TT6y9p #Africa #Oncology #HealthWorkers #MerckFoundation #TataCentre

The #strike action involves branches of the #healthworkers HSU, including the Victorian Allied Health Professionals Association (VAHPA), the Medical Scientists Association of Victoria (MSAV), the Victorian Psychologists Association (VPA) and the Association of Hospital Pharmacists (AHP).
13,000 allied health professionals will be covered by a new Public Sector Enterprise Agreement seeking a 36.18 per cent wage increase over three years.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-16/vic-allied-health-workers-strike/106802210

Allied health workers walk off the job at Victorian public hospitals

The strike involves radiographers, sonographers, physiotherapists, podiatrists, speech pathologists and social workers at the state's public hospitals.

#israel #palestine : #gaza / #genocide / #humanrights / #ngo / #phri

The Gazan doctor Hussam Abu Safiya held by Israel for over 500 days. The Doctor appears to have lost weight in #detention.
Around 400 Gazan #healthworkers are detained in Gaza war, Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI), says. The Israel military denies #allegations of ill-treatment.

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-06-10/prominent-gazan-doctor-held-by-israel-without-charge-appears-before-supreme-court

Handover is a new rank-and-file bulletin produced by workers, students and community members at St George’s Hospital in South West London. The first issue covers a campaign for fair pay for Healthcare Assistants (HCAs), the campaign against the spread of #Palantir software in the NHS, RCN investment in Israel, and the UVW campaign at St Helier and Epsom hospital.

https://notesfrombelow.org/article/the-handover-issue-1

#frombelow #healthworkers #labourmovement #rankandfile #organize #Palestine #solidarity

The Handover Issue 1

by The Handover // A bulletin by workers, students, patients and community members of St George’s Hospital, South West London.

Notes From Below
WHO head calls for ceasefire in Congo to help tackle Ebola outbreak
'Please, declare a ceasefire. Even briefly. Even just enough to let health workers through. People are dying from Ebola who do not have to die,' the WHO head wrote.
#Health #World #Ebola
https://globalnews.ca/news/11871624/ebola-outbreak-who-head-calls-for-ceasefire-drc/
WHO head calls for ceasefire in Congo to help tackle Ebola outbreak
'Please, declare a ceasefire. Even briefly. Even just enough to let health workers through. People are dying from Ebola who do not have to die,' the WHO head wrote.
#Health #World #Ebola
https://globalnews.ca/news/11871624/ebola-outbreak-who-head-calls-for-ceasefire-drc/